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Shadowing the game of tag below.
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Books to Read in 2021: On Becoming(Aesthetic Evolution of the Rising Ancestor) by Hokis — Fevers of the Mind
Full title: OnBecoming (Aesthetic Evolution of the Rising Ancestor) A poetic memoir by Hokis. Imagine being a child (a young girl) adopted, unsure about yourself Because you don’t have all…
Poetry Book Review: On Unbecoming: Aesthetic Evolution of this Rising Ancestor by Hokis — Line Rider Press
By Jessica Colleen McDermott Hokis’ first poetry collection, On Unbecoming: Aesthetic Evolution of this Rising Ancestor, blends memoir and poetry to produce a narrative that feels at once both familiar…
“When it’s messy and we must: creative process with the poet Hokis”
Artist Soapbox begins the year with Hokis, poet and deep thinker. Listen in and find encouragement and support, practical tips to guide your creative process, great vulnerability, and a generous…
Firestorm Winds — found in Reclamation Magazine
Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are alive, now on this planet. I chose you…
Strong Love is to Survive Love — Headline Poetry & Press
Strong Love is to Survive Loveby Hokis, Senior Editor The tunnel through to humility remainsencrusted with broken glass, barbed wire, andboots ready to nest on throats.People enter pulled by love or…
Without Nuance
A hurricane brews far out at sea-
a hot wind of creativity’s evolution
it nearly shakes the hand of this unsettle world’s tonic mist.
On Toxic Masculinity | Three Poems from OnBecoming
While perhaps not obvious, one consistent thread running through OnBecoming is my coming to terms with the reality that the patriarchy is not men, the masculine in men, the masculine…
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